January 30, 2026

Media Insider: Breakfast co-host Tova O’Brien’s legal restraint; Ex adman’s novel skewers industry’s awards obsession; BSA rules on TVNZ Tom Phillips privacy complaint

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 30, 2026

BSA rules on TVNZ/Tom Phillips privacy complaint; Extraordinary life of Brian FM founder.http://dlvr.it/TQfh51

Seifert, Santner headline NZ’s massive win despite Dube’s 15-ball fifty

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 30, 2026

ICYMI: They survived a hammering from Dube, who struck India’s third-fastest half-century in T20Ishttp://dlvr.it/TQfg7r

Tory Whanau may have to sell Wellington mayoralty to make ends meet September 20, 2024
Tory Whanau has revealed that she’s struggling so much financially that she may have to part with her beloved mayoralty, that of New Zealand’s capital city, if she’s to fund her ever-diminishing lifestyle. Whanau was elected to lead Wellington in 2022, winning an overwhelming victory against the incumbent mayor: the evil version of Jason Gunn. […]
Ben Uffindell
Ukrainian militia receives defective shipment of pagers that just send and receive messages September 18, 2024
There’s been a major setback for one Ukrainian-backed militia on the Russian border, after the group ordered a large shipment of pagers to use as improvised explosive devices. The plan was to litter the pagers throughout abandoned homes and buildings in hopes of wounding Russian soldiers. But upon arrival of the shipment, routed through the […]
Ben Uffindell
Government directs Te Puni Kōkiri to conduct Māori Language Week in English September 17, 2024
The coalition government has issued a directive to Te Puni Kōkiri, the Ministry of Māori Development, instructing them that – in the interests of clear communication – they are to conduct this year’s Māori Language Week primarily or exclusively in English. The directive is in line with the Government’s policy – signaled when they came […]
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Government celebrates fact that New Zealand’s healthcare is so good people are queuing up for it at 5am September 17, 2024
At yesterday’s post-cabinet press conference, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, flanked by his Health Minister Shane Reti and someone we can’t independently verify was a real sign language interpreter, announced that he had some positive news for the country. “Alright team, I’m just going to hand over to uh, Dr. Shane, because I think he’s got […]
Ben Uffindell
Heartwarming: Thoughtful driver uses indicator to tell you what they’ve just done September 17, 2024
It’s 4:10pm in the morning, and you’re in the middle lane heading north on the great southern motorway of our nation’s capital, Auckland. There are no cars directly in front of you, but quite a few in the lane to your left. Suddenly, without warning, a black ute enters your lane, cutting in front of […]
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NPC teams will now be allowed to actually use the Ranfurly Shield in play September 17, 2024
Following decades of controversy, the governing body of New Zealand rugby, New Zealand Rugby, has ruled that the team currently holding the Ranfurly Shield may once again use it in play during the National Provincial Championship (NPC). The ruling restores the utility of a prize that for many years was rendered merely symbolic, after the […]
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Police say they won’t respond to bomb threats anymore as ‘it’s never anything’ September 16, 2024
Police Commissioner Andrew Coster says that New Zealand’s police force will no longer respond to bomb threats, in an attempt to cut costs and redirect police resources to less boring activities. Coster said that threat response and bomb disposal was a “fairly obvious” area for downsizing, as bomb threats are “never anything”, a “huge waste […]
Ben Uffindell
Air New Zealand flight attendant named CEO after one year on job November 30, 2021
New Zealand’s national carrier, Air New Zealand, has expressed great enthusiasm in announcing its new CEO today: 51-year-old Nathan Guy, a flight attendant who has spent about 1200 hours on the job. Guy joined the company as a fresh-faced, wide-eyed flight attendant serving now-reduced domestic routes in November of 2020, and has since spent a […]
Ben Uffindell
National Party board denies it unanimously agreed to Collins’ Faustian bargain with Satan November 26, 2021
National Party president Peter Goodfellow is today issuing a strong denial on behalf of the party’s board, saying they did not, at any point, agree to the Faustian bargain that National leader Judith Collins struck with the Evil One, Son of Perdition, the Devil Satan himself. When Collins became the leader of the National Party […]
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Super Saturday recap: Patrick Gower doesn’t know what he’s supposed to do October 16, 2021
It was Aotearoa’s first national day of action in over ten years, the first since 2010, when Prime Minister John Key tried to inspire us to clean up our nation’s berms. It didn’t work. Today, New Zealand’s berms are worse than ever. But history is not destiny, and other cliches. Today, we tried again, this […]
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Dunedin premier rugby round three wrap-up April 11, 2026
Action from today's premier club rugby match between University and Zingari-Richmond at Logan Park. Photo: Peter McIntosh Harbour beat a Highlanders-laden Dunedin side 36-19 at Watson Park to join the likes of Green Island and University as the early front-runners in the Dunedin division 1 competition.
Adrian Seconi
Front-runners emerge in Dunedin premier rugby April 11, 2026
Action from today's premier club rugby match between University and Zingari-Richmond at Logan Park. Photo: Peter McIntosh Harbour beat a Highlanders-laden Dunedin side 36-19 at Watson Park to join the likes of Green Island and University as the early front-runners in the Dunedin division 1 competition.
Adrian Seconi
Concern over medicine shortages caused by Iran war April 11, 2026
Dunedin premier rugby: final scores April 11, 2026
The final scores are in for the third round of Dunedin premier rugby.
Kamala Harris 'thinking about' tilt at presidency April 11, 2026
Kamala Harris at the National Action Network National Convention in New York City. Photo: Reuters Former US vice president Kamala Harris, who was the Democratic Party's nominee for the presidency in 2024, says she is considering running for president again in 2028.
Splashdown: Artemis II astronauts return to Earth April 11, 2026
Tekapo public toilet user charges reinstated April 10, 2026
User charges to be reinstated at Tekapo public toilets April 10, 2026
US will have Strait of Hormuz open 'fairly soon': Trump April 10, 2026
The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by Tehran since the start of the Iran war has caused the worst disruption to global energy supplies in history. File photo: Reuters US President Donald Trump has told reporters that the US will have the Strait of Hormuz "open fairly soon" but did not elaborate and acknowledged that it will not […]
Missing Aussie man found shot dead and buried on his farm April 10, 2026
A Victoria man who vanished for two days has been found shot dead and buried in a shallow grave on his farm.

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January 30, 2026

Media Insider: Breakfast co-host Tova O’Brien’s legal restraint; Ex adman’s novel skewers industry’s awards obsession; BSA rules on TVNZ Tom Phillips privacy complaint

Seifert, Santner headline NZ’s massive win despite Dube’s 15-ball fifty

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